St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-21
A Wonderful Printing Press Purchased
BY Judge Fry for His New TX
Weekly at Fargo. sr
Erection Of the Methodist Tabernacle al
Jamestown---It Is Expected to u
Be Drawing Gard. =,
Jamestown Shouting About Its Build
ing Boom--- SsanoEn and Cassel- !
ton to, Have New Depots. :
Special to the Globe.

by prosperous looking man, contain
ing his name and the word Promoter"
In res ponse to, Inquiry the man ex-
planned that his. business was to pro-
mote any scheme desired by men of en-
terprise or .capital-a professional
boOmer-ald. that he had abundant and
lucrative employment. 1t is thought
that even in some Western towns, that
claim the appellati0m of rustler, some
opening for him could be found. If the
local papers interpret the situation cor
rectly, Fargo is halting upon the threSll-
old of Il career uhriyaied in the terri
tory for. the lack OF a few firSt-class
funerafW There is danger of Opp0rtu-
mites passing before there is a chance
for sepuichrai hilarity of this sort.
The whOlesaiing and jobbing trade of
Fargo is swelling to generous proper
tons under the operation OF the inter-
state commerce law Us interpreted III
the new tariffs OF the Milwaukee road,
which is now getting the bulk of the
business of Fargo, and allowing other
roads to use freight cars upon new eX-
tensions. There is, however, doubt as
to the periAanency of this feature, as
it is believed that st. Paul
roads will devise some method of re-
gaining their wonted share of the traffic
|. The mayor has spent the last week or
two swinging around the circle in South
other regions, specially visiting the
cities that have booms. 1t is expected
he Will secure one for Fargo.
In making up his outfit for his new
weekly journal at Fargo, Judge Fry
has purchased printing press OF some
historic note. 1T is known to ancient
printers as the Ramage press, under
patent 217, and has been i'll use eighty
live years. 1t was exhibited at the Cen
tennial at Philadelphia, and was used
there to print fac SMILES of the Declar-
alton of Independence. 1t was in its
day regarded as wonderful piece of
machinery.
The friends of O Brien and the Irish
cause announce mass meeting next
Tuesday night, to swell the local protest
against coercion and for home rule in
Ireland. Gov. Church is named as one
of the orators-and will receive very
enthusiastic welcome, as it will be his
first public appearance in Fargo, where
he is quite popular. It's not expected
that his predecessor will be present,
as he is understood to have exhausted
his enthusiasm! at Grand Forks, whefe
there is a college in which he is greatlgi
interested. On the SAFE night some Of
those born III the dOniiniOnS of Queer
Nlctorie without brogue ARE to celebrates
herSeVenticth centennial with banquetj
tOaStS and loyal speeches There is no
special connection between the gathe1A
ingS-a coincidence merely. 81
1t was a feather in the piumes Off
Fargo, jamestown and Bismarck, that
Rhea took them in and did not til 81
somewhat more pistentious towns on.
the heat waters OF the MiSSiSSippi. $.
George Foley the Fargo contractor
I has seven miles of the new road frofat
Fargo and hoorhead to Wahpeton to-
grade. 1t has been letin short sections;
i'll order to have the whole line under
way at once. Men anti implements are
arriving and the WORT, is to pushed as
rapidly as possible.
FOO much wind and too little rain have
become complaints of. some gravity to
those who put in wheat late and without
sufficientrolling Of tile ground.
Some farmers insist that the late froSts
did damage to wheat TO q small extent,
but others do not think it amounted to
anything. go "s
If banks are indiees of growing pros
perity, Fargo, is Oh tile rising grade
surely. The fifth bank opens Saturday,
making the second new one within a
month. Two otners have increased
their capital so to - per cent. since the
yeai" opened. A business or moneyed
man who is not now director or Gfhcer
OF bank is a:rare thing newspaper
men and preachers excepted. These
hanks are all streng, and as good as No:
hard at a dollar Il bushel
Mayor Edwards was at Omaha at the
opening of the Presbyterian general as
Sembly, but not as delegate, as he pins
his faith to the school of Che Wesleys.
There is a good deal of talk of paving
the two main streets Of Fargo, fer some
reason. This has usually been confined
to very muddy periods, and will not now
do more than give local reporters a
chance to fill up Town Talk"
The postmaster says Fargo is entitled
to the free delivery system, but he is
diSinelined to favor It's Introduction
from the romantic apprehension that it
will reduce the financial status of the
office. AS the mails nearly all come at
night it is a matter of little practicaE
consequence The chief convenience
would be i'll the collection of email matter.
Fargo was not largely represented at
the local option convention at CaSselton
Wednesday, but it has such large finan-
cial interests involved in the question
that the movement is watched closely.
But the membership from the country
and smaller towns was significant. A
member of the legislature, a popular
mayor of Casseitefi, and the editors of
several local papers were active in the
proceedings, and the money raised and
provided for indicated faith and conf
denee. There are five papers outside OF
Fargo, and it is claimed they will all
sustain the movement. The character
of the names already secured to the
petitions would. seem to warrant the
confidence felt that more than third OF
the voters will sign, but if one with God
is a majority, all unfriendly majority Off
one i'll the county board will be found all:
inSurmOuntabie barrier to the progreSSi
| of the prohibitOry forces. They cam
however, relieve the situation OF dullS1,
ness. l
A statement enormously attributed to-
the Fargo Argus, to the effect that there
is deplorable dearth of manageable
females in North Dakota, has been go
ing the rounds of the eastern press of
late, and as a result hundreds of huSll
bandleSS young women all over the
states are sending applications to the
Argus or the Fargo postmaster for cor.
| respondents vouched for as worth setI,'
ting caps for. 1t is learned that the
young men are responding iiumerously,
including some bachelors who have
ceased to be young. 1t is fact known
to some that large percentage of the
| cases where Fargo men, and those in
other sections north, have gone east for
wives the past year or two,the acquaint-
| ance was formed through newspaper no
| tices, and in several instances there was
no meeting of the parties until the min
| lister and wedding cake were on duty.
| Scarcely divorce has ensued.
The bonus for the big North side
| hotel was substantially completed this
week and the ground is being laid off.
The tr0tting circuit of the Red River
valley has three meetings of three days